Hepatitis A outbreak activity in the United States: Responding to a vaccine-preventable disease

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 180-183

  Craig, Allen S ^a   Watson, Barbara ^b   Zink, Thomas K ^c   Davis, Jeffrey P ^d   Yu, Chang ^e   Schaffner, William ^e  

^a TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Dept of Behav Health   (United States)

^c Clinical Excellence Group   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Hepatitis A virus; Immunization

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DAY CARE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548683915     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181425411     Document Type: Article

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